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  • Thales-Finmeccanica JV Hands Orion Service Module Test Model to NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Finmeccanica JV Hands Orion Service Module Test Model to NASA

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has delivered the test model of the Orion spacecraft’s European Service Module to NASA’s testing facility in Ohio for further structural design tests. Thales Alenia Space performed initial tests on the structural test model of ESM at its facility in Turin, Italy, prior to the shipment, Thales […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Technological Innovations to Spur Demand for UAVs Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Technological Innovations to Spur Demand for UAVs Through 2020

    A MarketsandMarkets report forecasts the value of the global unmanned aerial vehicles market to hit $14.9 billion in 2020, with an 8.12 percent compound annual growth rate from 2015 to 2020. The research firm said Tuesday the UAV market’s value reached $10.1 billion this year and North America accounted for about 65.53 percent market share. Technological […] More

  • Thales-Raytheon JV Lands Sentinel Radar Supply Contract in Latvia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Raytheon JV Lands Sentinel Radar Supply Contract in Latvia

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Raytheon has been awarded a contract to supply mobile radar systems to Latvia’s armed forces. ThalesRaytheonSystems said Wednesday it will deliver four Improved Sentinel AN/MPQ-64 F1 radars to Latvia. Sentinel is a mobile, three-dimensional radar system intended for missile system coordination, infrastructure protection and airborne surveillance operations. The phased-array […] More

  • Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module's Thermomechanical Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module’s Thermomechanical Platforms

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has secured a potential $103 million contract from Airbus to build thermomechanical platforms for the Orion spacecraft’s European Service Module. Thales Alenia Space will supply thermal control, consumable storage components, micrometeoroid and structure protection systems for the space capsule’s ESM, Thales Group said Thursday. ESM will work to provide thermal control, […] More

  • Visiongain: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $75B by 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $75B by 2015

    Visiongain forecasts that the global cybersecurity market will reach a value of $75.4 billion by the end of 2015 due to continued cyber issues and legislation and investment activity focused on cyber capabilities. The company said Tuesday its latest report on the market covers an analysis of cybersecurity growth through 2025 across the network, data, endpoint, application, cloud security, identity management and […] More

  • ASDReports: Comms Equipment to Dominate ATC Market in 2014-2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASDReports: Comms Equipment to Dominate ATC Market in 2014-2020

    ASDReports projects communication equipment to dominate the air traffic control equipment market between 2014 and 2020 and expects China to hold the biggest market share throughout the forecasted period. The report predicts the construction of new airports, airport upgrades, increase in passenger and freight traffic, escalating aircraft movements, technological advancements and safety requirements to drive the market […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: APAC to See Man-Portable Military Electronics Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transparency Market Research: APAC to See Man-Portable Military Electronics Market Growth

    Transparency Market Research has released a new report that projects the global man-portable military electronics market to hit $19.7 billion in total value by 2019. The report also predicts the Asia-Pacific region will see “significant growth” in the man-portable military electronics market over the coming months as governments in the region push forward on military modernization […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Maritime Security Market to Grow 8.4% Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Maritime Security Market to Grow 8.4% Through 2019

    A new MarketsandMarkets report rorecasts the maritime security market to reach $20.87 billion in value in 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 8.4 percent over the next five years. The firm said Thursday that the awareness of maritime threats, regulations, standards and international trade practices, as well as the globalization of maritime security operations will drive the market. The report also listed Kongsberg, Northrop […] More

  • Thales Group Launches Innovation Hub, partners with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Group Launches Innovation Hub, partners with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

    (HONG KONG)—Thales Group, a leader in global technology in aerospace, transportation, defense and security with over 65,000 employees in 56 countries, announced yesterday that an Innovation Hub will be opened in Hong Kong, cooperating closely with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. An Innovation Hub, what is an “incubator of ideas for academic, […] More

  • Singapore Buys Raytheon-Thales JV Digital Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Singapore Buys Raytheon-Thales JV Digital Radar System

    Thales Raytheon Systems has sold a set of GroundMaster 200 radars to Singapore, adding to that country’s land-based air defense systems highlighted at the Singapore Air zdhow, AINonline reported Friday. Chris Pocock writes the Raytheon-Thales Group joint venture designed the 3D digital radar system to transmit signals in the S-band for target detection at any altitude. […] More